Battle of the Malandari Pass (1586)
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The Battle of the Malandari Pass was fought on 16 February 1586 in what is now the Buner District in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. The army of the Mughal Empire, led by Raja Birbal, was attacked by Yusufzai tribesmen, led by Malik Kalu Khan Yousafzai.[lower-alpha 1][7][8]
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Battle of the Malandari Pass (1586) | |||||
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Part of Afghan-Mughal Wars | |||||
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Afghan tribesmen | Mughal empire | ||||
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Kalu Khan Yousafzai Mirwais Khan Yousafzai Ayub Khan Yousafzai Babu Khan Yousafzai Bostan Khan Aladad Khan Sargand Khan Quraish Khan Misri Khan Hindal Khan |
Birbal † Aman Ullah Baig † Saeed Khan † Raja Dharm Singh †[2] Khwaja Arab Bakhshi † Mullah Sheri †[3] Zain Khan Koka Said Khan Ghakkar Abu Fateh | ||||
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Birbal is believed to have died in the battle alongside 8,000 Mughal soldiers.[6]